alpha wrote:Now this is another piece of a puzzle which Rinpoche never mentions...He only says that if one wants total realization one should do guru yoga.

In six months of webcasts i have never heard rinpoche saying ,not even once ,that if one wants total realization one should start thogal ..or yangti etc...Why is that?

I said that if you wanted to achieve rainbow body you have to practice thogal etc. This doesn't mean you can't achieve total realization without achieving the rainbow body. Rainbow body is a sign. Rainbow body = total realization but not necessarily total realization = rainbow body.

Although many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldly desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.- Shabkar

The advice he is giving today is fantastic. A lot of detail about many things. I am not sure if these last days of retreat are usually available as replays due to the fact that the last day is mostly reading of lungs, but I hope this one is since there is pronunciation advice and practice advice, etc. which is hard to get all at once without being able to pause and rewind if necessary.

"Use what seems like poison as medicine. We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings." Pema Chodron

padma norbu wrote:The advice he is giving today is fantastic. A lot of detail about many things. I am not sure if these last days of retreat are usually available as replays due to the fact that the last day is mostly reading of lungs, but I hope this one is since there is pronunciation advice and practice advice, etc. which is hard to get all at once without being able to pause and rewind if necessary.

Sherlock wrote:So which lungs did Rinpoche just give besides the usual ones from the tun book?

Odzer ChenmaMandaravaKorwa TongtrugGomadeviChodNaga practiceVajrapani

Did I miss any?

Tara

By understanding everything you perceive from the perspective of the view, you are freed from the constraints of philosophical beliefs.By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.- Longchen Rabjam -

Sherlock wrote:So which lungs did Rinpoche just give besides the usual ones from the tun book?

Odzer ChenmaMandaravaKorwa TongtrugGomadeviChodNaga practiceVajrapani

Did I miss any?

Tara

Red Garuda

by the way, did I "get them" if I was just hearing them and had initially thought "I'll receive them all"? Just ask because I started typing on dharmawheel.net after a while and not really paying that close attention since I don't understand Tibetan. I pretty much only heard him say he was giving Odzer Chenma, Mandarava, Naga, Tara and Red Garuda. The rest I didn't even hear because I wasn't paying attention. My ears were open, though, and I heard sound.

"Use what seems like poison as medicine. We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings." Pema Chodron

I don't think he gave Red Garuda. He was telling the story of how he received the Mandarava teachings and he said he was teaching Red Garuda to students before and they reported results with that and Amitayus and Medicine Buddha.